Nora Hansen's Journal

Nora ate toasted whole wheat english muffin and three servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate pork chops, whole wheat toast, no roasted vegetables (potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, sweet potatoes), and ate a large serving of applesauce.  (I'm posting the following in everyone's journal.) Hudson was eating fine, but chattering non-stop through breakfast!  (Which he'd already been doing - jabbering from arrival to breakfast!)  If volume is any indication (which it is) then Hudson was happy to be back and everyone else was happy as well.  Atley is the queen of volume and even she had her ears plugged at breakfast.  WOW!  Haha!  I never cease to be amazed how ONE child can make the energy level and volume increase exponentially at an amazing rate!!  But that's what happens.  Welcome back Bubba!  :)  Everyone was excited and talking and yelling at the same time!  That's not too unusual, but Hudson expects me to hear a...

Nora ate several bites of whole grain chex cereal and two servings of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate ground beef, no whole wheat hamburger bun, ate lettuce and tomatoes, and two servings of oranges. Nora is SO cute when it's nap time - she LOVES the routine and sleeping on a nap mat.  Always the first one out the gate when I announce it's Nap Time, she literally sprints for her mat!!  After I cover her with a blanket she doesn't wiggle!  haha!  She peeked at me through squinted eyes and immediately shut them tight!  So stinking cute!! Nora and I snuggled first thing this morning and it was a great way to start her day!!  She had another very good morning and that is great.  Se was saying some word..."jjjffggg" So I'd guess some random word.  "no."  Haha!  "jjjffggg"  Another random word guess.  She grinned; "no."  However, we were doing puzzles and she said elephant pretty plain!!  With 2 syllables...

Nora ate oatmeal and half of dried cranberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of tilapia, ate whole wheat elbow noodles, green beans, and applesauce.  (A large serving of everything!)  While I was putting the food on the lunch trays Baby Linnea was watching Hudson, Avi, Atley, and Nora all going "head first" off the blue balance beam onto the mattress.  At lunch Hudson was telling me all about it:  "We were standing on our heads and Linnea started laughing.  We did it over and over!"  My favorite sound; all the kids laughing, giggling, and having fun! Momma Emily got to see Nora greet Baby Linnea first thing this morning.  Nora played with Linnea several times this morning for a couple of minutes each time.  As I mentioned yesterday Nora gives the Baby more latitude than she gives the older kids.  For example, a couple of days ago Nora was playing with Linnea and the baby got a handful of Nora's hair.  And she hung on tigh...

Nora ate half of whole wheat bagel and three servings of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate bites of hamburger/sausage pizza with whole wheat crust, tomato sauce, peppers, mushrooms, pineapple, and olives.  She also ate half of side serving of pineapple.  Hudson is hanging out with his "Pappy and Two-Two" today and and the meal times were oddly quiet!  Ha!  Nora was in her highchair and she'd sneezed.  She said, "oh oh, oh oh, oh oh!"  I asked, "What?"  She pointed at her nose and said, "This."  Haha!  So cute.  Good job Nora.  (It definitely needed wiped.) Here are some pictures from this morning's activities.  We're a bit overloaded with pictures today, but they tell great stories and I didn't want to leave any out!!  First two pictures go together: Nora was covering her babies with a doll blanket and then kind of moved back.  Oh oh, here comes trouble!  Except Nora didn't really care - slightly u...

Nora ate whole wheat toast and two servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of her pork roast, bites of whole grain tortillas, nibbles of vegetables (carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes), and ate a large serving of fruit salad. First picture: Nora was taking Linnea some ice cream toys and giggling at the baby.  So cute.  Then moments later Hudson was sitting on the couch chuckling and watching Nora be silly on the blanket. He said, "You're so cute."  Aw!!  Thank you Hudson!  That was cute too!  Ha! The next picture:  This was a fun sequence of play for Atley and Nora.  It started with Atley taking all these legos out of the drawer.  That's how she frequently likes to play: empty the shelves!!  Nora joined her, sat down and took off the boots.  Then Atley started scooting all the legos over against Nora; which made Nora giggle.  Eventually Nora started assembling a few legos and Atley kept emptying the ...

Nora ate whole wheat english muffin and a bite or two of dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch she ate a large serving of stir fry vegetables with chicken, she ate brown rice, and oranges. It was nice to have Nora back and get her settled into the routine at Little Treasures again!  :)  Or as "settled" as Nora can get!  Ha!  Little Miss Intensity!  I work hard to balance each child's needs with the entire group.  Sometimes that's a big challenge, but totally doable.  So I took this first picture to show you an example of something that can bug Nora.  (About 8 times during Story Time this morning, but who's counting!?!)  They sit in the exact same order every day on the couch while I read.  Avi is on the arm or "bump" (as we call it) of the couch and Nora is beside her and I'm beside Nora.  Avi's right leg kept relaxing and her knee would touch Nora and Nora would yelp.  Please straighten out your leg Avi.  Thank you...

Nora had bites of breakfast: brown rice and raisins.  For lunch she ate bites of salmon, no dinner roll, ate 2 servings of green beans, and two servings of mangoes.  I took this first picture at breakfast time and Nora was watching and laughing at Atley's antics!  Sometimes Nora was laughing so loud and hard - and boy does Atley LOVE to make her laugh!!  If Nora laughs Atley will keep doing it over and over and work hard to escalate the hilarity!!  :) Yesterday I talked about how Linnea is a great baby, mild temperament, super congenial and social.  And I said that makes her a fun baby for the other kids in the daycare and they all love her.  Well this morning I realized I was taking pictures of her with every child.  I counted and there are 7 pictures of Linnea in the Blogs today and she's in everyone's Blog!!  Ha! I love how she basically reacts the same to all of the kids and she loves them all!  It's adorable!!  In the next...